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but at the time it was obama's katrina was going to define his presidency. how many minutes, charlie, were devoted to the gulf oil spill in the presidential debates? how much, and the reason of course was that ultimately the president handled it well. the leak was stopped. reparations were being made. bp has spent tens of billions of dollars that they were compelled to spend to make good what they did wrong. prosecutions are moving forward. so it was the dog that didn't bark ultimately. but at the moment, it was, washington was in a frenzy this was going define the entire four years. and so what you have to learn in the white house is to keep your wits about you and understand that there are very, that you have to deal with all of it. but that very little of it is the defining issue. >> and in fact what are you doing in one day is going from one issue to another issue to another issue. >> yeah, i mean i remember the day we-- the day we dealt with the auto bailout, early in the administration. the president had a meeting on some national security 3450e9ing on
but at the time it was obama's katrina was going to define his presidency. how many minutes, charlie, were devoted to the gulf oil spill in the presidential debates? how much, and the reason of course was that ultimately the president handled it well. the leak was stopped. reparations were being made. bp has spent tens of billions of dollars that they were compelled to spend to make good what they did wrong. prosecutions are moving forward. so it was the dog that didn't bark ultimately. but at...
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he was not particularly close to barack obama. yet he managed to have by all accounts across the spectrum, tremendous influence and as someone who worked with him and sat across tables with him, neil, how did he pull that off? >> i think he has a sense of president obama. and i think they connected on a personal level. and he somehow earned the president's trust. but i think when you look at what he's done, it is a remarkable thing. most of the policies that he engineers or did in response to financial crisis were failed policies. and i think, you know, part of his legacy going to be what we're going to have to deal with in the coming years as a result of the failed policies. it's a mystery to me. everything he touched really didn't go the right direction. >> you disagree strongly? >> yeah. i think geithner far exceeded the expectations of a lot of people. at the time -- basically late 2008-2009 is most easily understood as a gigantic run on the bank. and that got a lot of people throwing out all kinds of ideas like we need to hai
he was not particularly close to barack obama. yet he managed to have by all accounts across the spectrum, tremendous influence and as someone who worked with him and sat across tables with him, neil, how did he pull that off? >> i think he has a sense of president obama. and i think they connected on a personal level. and he somehow earned the president's trust. but i think when you look at what he's done, it is a remarkable thing. most of the policies that he engineers or did in...
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president obama taps a new warrior for the debt ceiling fight. he chooses jacob lew to be the 76th u.s. secretary of the treasury. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. uncle sam wants to make sure you can afford that home loan before you buy. new rules to protect consumers from bad mortgage lenders are on their way. >> susie: and, we look at whether new year's resolutions, to lose weight, can pump up your portfolio. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: president obama named today a "low key" washington hand as his new secretary of the treasury. jacob lew is being called a man who combines tough bargaining with deep economic understanding and a commitment to protecting the safety net for the poor and the elderly. some republicans have promised to oppose lew's nomination, but most say they are reserving
president obama taps a new warrior for the debt ceiling fight. he chooses jacob lew to be the 76th u.s. secretary of the treasury. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. uncle sam wants to make sure you can afford that home loan before you buy. new rules to protect consumers from bad mortgage lenders are on their way. >> susie: and, we look at whether new year's resolutions, to lose weight, can pump up your portfolio. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie:...
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michelle obama. it was just, it was awesome. we were very much involved in campaigning for them. so it was just awesome. and the awards and all those things, do you what come from your heart and what you enjoy, to be rewarded and applauded by people who are just wonderful. it is amazing. a blessing. >> what's so interesting about you two, you all finish each other's sentences. you seem more like sisters than two years apart. >> my mom says that we're twins born two years apart. >> when you say you do it your way, some secular influences in there. i've heard of people who say, i've heard of people who have been in clubs. and they hear some of your music sometimes. >> sure. we make music for the world. >> our perspective on christian life may be a little bit different. we moved into an urban neighborhood and my dad did a lot of prison ministry. and it was a lot of thugs and roughians in our neighborhood. my dad's position was to always share with them. with the nears weren't there, to instruct and enco
michelle obama. it was just, it was awesome. we were very much involved in campaigning for them. so it was just awesome. and the awards and all those things, do you what come from your heart and what you enjoy, to be rewarded and applauded by people who are just wonderful. it is amazing. a blessing. >> what's so interesting about you two, you all finish each other's sentences. you seem more like sisters than two years apart. >> my mom says that we're twins born two years apart....
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. >>> we are now hearing president barack obama could nominate his staff as treasure secretary sometime today. he will replace tim geithner who is stepping down today just as they are preparing for a confrontation with republicans over debt and deficits. this is interesting, in jack lou becomes treasury secretary, his signature would appear on every bill. tim geithner said he had to change his signature when he got the job to make it legible. >>> it led to a fatal stabbing. police say they have arrested a cheating wife and his boyfriend and tied them to a bizarre plot. they hired a man to scared the woman's estranged husband to scare him out of moving out. >> she felt this would be a persuasion for a scare tactic to get him to move out of the residence. >> police say the husband finally stabbed the intruder during a struggle inside the home. the husband acted in self- defense and is not being charged. meanwhile hiss estranged wife and three others in jail facing murder charges. >>> a man who spearheaded the murder in colorado shooting, he is on the short list of becoming police chief. t
. >>> we are now hearing president barack obama could nominate his staff as treasure secretary sometime today. he will replace tim geithner who is stepping down today just as they are preparing for a confrontation with republicans over debt and deficits. this is interesting, in jack lou becomes treasury secretary, his signature would appear on every bill. tim geithner said he had to change his signature when he got the job to make it legible. >>> it led to a fatal stabbing....
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barack obama embodied change. it seemed he brought into politics a generation of young people and minorities who never thought of the electoral system as a vehicle for change. so many people saw in him the possibility of change that would come quickly. my sense is that it is so corroded that we need to take back a government that has been rigged against working people, ordinary people, the poor. we need to understand it will take more than one election cycle to bring about fundamental change in this country. it will take wind at the back of the president and political system to bring about change. president obama -- this is not a political time when roosevelt lived in. the labor movements are not as strong. today there was a story about the tea party move -- losing its mojo. we're seeing overreach that has led people to this tipping point moment where millions of people have said enough. the obscene inequality in this country colliding with downward mobility that people feel in their gut, they see it among their f
barack obama embodied change. it seemed he brought into politics a generation of young people and minorities who never thought of the electoral system as a vehicle for change. so many people saw in him the possibility of change that would come quickly. my sense is that it is so corroded that we need to take back a government that has been rigged against working people, ordinary people, the poor. we need to understand it will take more than one election cycle to bring about fundamental change in...
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yes we can't barack obama's pledge to shut down guantanamo bay still rings hollow with more than one hundred sixty people held in the tories prison without trial or charge eleven years after the. western media reports seriously raynham stockpiles may be at risk of falling into the wrong hands but some analysts believe the excuse for an armed intervention. and a cool catch for russian scientists turning deep into the antarctic of gold of subglacial ice which some room say could reveal twenty million year old secrets of our planet. good evening this is kevin owen figure being with us our top story hits one of the most notorious detention facilities in the world which has seen abuse deaths and hundreds of people held without charge or trial america's still open after eleven years with barack obama extending the military's authority to keep the camp running despite his own pledge to shut it down years ago what's more calls to stop indefinite detention of largely died down now in the u.s. where torture is gaining acceptability is going to teach you can explain. president obama's call to l
yes we can't barack obama's pledge to shut down guantanamo bay still rings hollow with more than one hundred sixty people held in the tories prison without trial or charge eleven years after the. western media reports seriously raynham stockpiles may be at risk of falling into the wrong hands but some analysts believe the excuse for an armed intervention. and a cool catch for russian scientists turning deep into the antarctic of gold of subglacial ice which some room say could reveal twenty...
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president barack obama supports legislation to ban assault weapons. but the vice president says he and the president are determined to act in order to end gun violence. >>> lawmakers return to annapolis yesterday for the latest session in the maryland general assembly. and in the wake of the sandy hook school tragedy, several gun control bills are now on the table. and lawmakers are prepare preparing for the debate. the governor intends to submit a bill early on that would ban the sale of assault rifles and high capacity magazines and limit the availability of guns available to people mentally ill. >>> president barack obama is ready to move forward with his new treasury secretary. he is currently serving the president as his chief of staff. if the senate confirms him. and the president has another cabinet position to fill, the labor secretary told coworkers she will step down from her position. she is expected to return home to california to run for a seat on the los angeles county board of supervisors. >>> talk about an all-star musical line-up. whe
president barack obama supports legislation to ban assault weapons. but the vice president says he and the president are determined to act in order to end gun violence. >>> lawmakers return to annapolis yesterday for the latest session in the maryland general assembly. and in the wake of the sandy hook school tragedy, several gun control bills are now on the table. and lawmakers are prepare preparing for the debate. the governor intends to submit a bill early on that would ban the sale...
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and yes we can't barack obama's promise to close the guantanamo bay prison continues to go on with the detention facility having its eleventh anniversary with over one hundred sixty captive still being held without charge. and broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. certainly glad to have you with us now a fierce clashes in belfast between loyalists and nationalist on saturday once again ended in street battles leaving twenty nine policemen injured the outrage was sparked six weeks ago by belfast council's decision to reduce the number of days the union flag flies over the city hall the latest violence broke out after about unionists marching on city hall were attacked by locals in a predominantly catholic area police fired water cannons and plastic bullets to disperse the crowds are. breaking out once again. trying. to crowd. like this becoming all too common other to think going to have been helped by the fact that many feel inflammatory political language has helped to whip up the tension feel the straight. recreational rioting that some people are calling
and yes we can't barack obama's promise to close the guantanamo bay prison continues to go on with the detention facility having its eleventh anniversary with over one hundred sixty captive still being held without charge. and broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. certainly glad to have you with us now a fierce clashes in belfast between loyalists and nationalist on saturday once again ended in street battles leaving twenty nine policemen injured the outrage was...
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president obama's call to look forward not backward has resulted in attempts to sweep the past under the rug including some of his own promises earlier i intend to close guantanamo and i will follow through on that colonel morris davis was a chief prosecutor at guantanamo under george w. bush and he later became a vocal critic of the practices there and strongly supported president obama's pledge to shut down the prison he says the perception of guantanamo in the u.s. has come a long way since two thousand and eight when he was a burning and highly controversial issue with the nation demanding action he gets a free pass on i mean the public largely could care less the mainstream media now here in the us. you know is more interested in car dash and then they are and what happens at guantanamo. so who's going to challenge it if we're looking for the biggest threat to america right now she's right there her name is kim carr does she in. america has moved on and so has its perception of torture post by the american red cross show the majority of americans now find torture acceptable sixt
president obama's call to look forward not backward has resulted in attempts to sweep the past under the rug including some of his own promises earlier i intend to close guantanamo and i will follow through on that colonel morris davis was a chief prosecutor at guantanamo under george w. bush and he later became a vocal critic of the practices there and strongly supported president obama's pledge to shut down the prison he says the perception of guantanamo in the u.s. has come a long way since...
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basically they believe that their job is to obstruct barack obama and then once there is a republican president in place, to have a better business climate with more deregulation or the funding of programs that have never quite been near and dear to them. yes, i think they do believe that. flashing forward a little bit, we have that fiasco of 2011. when we were taken to the brink of a fiscal cliff what we were about to see again, the thinking on the part of the house republicans leadership was maybe our tea party question will realize that compromise is not such a bad thing. the opposite occurred. they went home and the people tend to be the activists of their party and those people tend to be the tea party and they were the ones screaming and asking why did you accept a deal? there have been mixed messages and it is likely that we will see mixed signals from these people. >> the mixed freshmen are members of congress and they think the way, if only we could control them. it indicates that the leadership feels it is, itself, out of sync with those who obstruct us. >> the leadership is
basically they believe that their job is to obstruct barack obama and then once there is a republican president in place, to have a better business climate with more deregulation or the funding of programs that have never quite been near and dear to them. yes, i think they do believe that. flashing forward a little bit, we have that fiasco of 2011. when we were taken to the brink of a fiscal cliff what we were about to see again, the thinking on the part of the house republicans leadership was...
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yes so we can't barack obama's plans to shut down guantanamo bay still rings hollow with more than one hundred sixty people held at the notorious prison without charge or trial eleven years after it opened. western media reports syria's you're a me i'm struck piles and maybe a driscoll falling into the wrong hands but some analysts believe the hype is just an excuse for an armed intervention. and a cool catch for russian scientists are drilling deep into the in tactic we've got ahold of subglacial eyes which could reveal some twenty million year old secrets of our planet. it's seven pm here in moscow you live with us on r.t. it's good to have you with us this evening it's one of the most notorious detention facilities in the world which has seen abuse deaths and hundreds of people held without charge or trial america's guantanamo bay is still open after eleven years with barack obama extending the military's a four g. to keep the camp running despite his own pleasure shut it down years ago what's more calls to stop indefinite detention have largely died down in the us where even tortur
yes so we can't barack obama's plans to shut down guantanamo bay still rings hollow with more than one hundred sixty people held at the notorious prison without charge or trial eleven years after it opened. western media reports syria's you're a me i'm struck piles and maybe a driscoll falling into the wrong hands but some analysts believe the hype is just an excuse for an armed intervention. and a cool catch for russian scientists are drilling deep into the in tactic we've got ahold of...
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>>p>pasando a otras informaciones, desde que el presidente barack obama nominó a jack ... para ser el próximo secretario del tesoro, la firma ha sido objeto de comentarios >>> es que al señor lu no se le ha cuestionado su experiencia y conocimiento, de lo que se habla es su firma, esto parece un ejercicio de escritura para los niños, pero es la firma del señor lu, pero por qué se habla tanto de esta rúbrica, esta firma desde ahora aparecerá en los billetes que se emiten en estados unidos, esto incluso ha causado que el presidente barack obama haga el comentario, me aseguro que hasta que una letra sea legible para no devaluar nuestra monead, dijo el presidente barack obama, no es la primera oportunidad que causa esto, en su momento timothy gainer la tuvo que cambiar por una más elegante, es que la firma del señor lew aparecerá en todos los billetes, al lado de la tesorear de estados unidos que es de origen hispano, así que esperamos que la firma que aparezca en los billetes no sea algo como esto. >t>>estÁ fácil de falsificar. >>> puede hacer algo así. >>> de p
>>p>pasando a otras informaciones, desde que el presidente barack obama nominó a jack ... para ser el próximo secretario del tesoro, la firma ha sido objeto de comentarios >>> es que al señor lu no se le ha cuestionado su experiencia y conocimiento, de lo que se habla es su firma, esto parece un ejercicio de escritura para los niños, pero es la firma del señor lu, pero por qué se habla tanto de esta rúbrica, esta firma desde ahora aparecerá en los billetes que se...
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the relationship would be devalued for the obama administration by britain leaving the e.u. altogether or even if it got bogged down in constant negotiations about what the u.k.'s membership would be like and it has caused a full out in the coalition government although that's not a difficult thing to do these days david cameron the prime minister has played it out saying it's just an opinion but it kleck nick clegg his deputy has said that it is a big issue that the u.k. is valuable to the u.k. u.s. precisely because it has a close relationship with the european union but of course his party does stand against anything that distances britain from the e.u. now i felt that the main issue for people here given that there's an increasing lack of support for britain's membership of the european union would probably be just that the u.s. sticking it or and so i went out to austin. i think they have concerns and i can understand because they were saying they feel that we have similar values to theirs and therefore we represent them in the european union. but as for the european yo
the relationship would be devalued for the obama administration by britain leaving the e.u. altogether or even if it got bogged down in constant negotiations about what the u.k.'s membership would be like and it has caused a full out in the coalition government although that's not a difficult thing to do these days david cameron the prime minister has played it out saying it's just an opinion but it kleck nick clegg his deputy has said that it is a big issue that the u.k. is valuable to the...
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president barack obama that meetings wrapping up right now. well i've said talk more about because his trip to washington a war comes my come out of it will talk to brian becker from the antiwar coalition a coalition even to you brian good to see you and there was a some expectation of some concrete decisions being made during karzai as u.s. visit so far though today nothing solid to come out although as i said this news conference is imminent maybe this hour what do you think is going to come out of it if anything. well i think that we are stepping back and looking at the big picture see that the united states this coming october will have been in afghanistan for twelve years that's longer than any u.s. war in american history they have more troops in afghanistan now than they did in two thousand and one during that entire time the goal of completely this suppressing the taliban or pacifying the country has turned to be turned out to be a complete fantasy so now you have karzai here in washington meeting with obama worried that as the u.s. re
president barack obama that meetings wrapping up right now. well i've said talk more about because his trip to washington a war comes my come out of it will talk to brian becker from the antiwar coalition a coalition even to you brian good to see you and there was a some expectation of some concrete decisions being made during karzai as u.s. visit so far though today nothing solid to come out although as i said this news conference is imminent maybe this hour what do you think is going to come...
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the reason people like barack obama is he is cool. he beat a war hero, community activist, organizers beat a war hero four years ago. how does that happen? because he was cool. it was cool to vote for him. the culture embraces fake coolness over real achievement. kids would rather play astronaut than be one. more interesting in being famous than being an actor and actually doing something. there is a real where big bright spot to president barack obama being re-elected. it's like tearing off of off the band-aid. if he lost, he would be back four years later and he would be 45% more grayer, which makes him more trustworthy. so we're uncool. that's the way we are. that's how we are. don't believe that. i look at our message. what is our message? we like to build things. making things is cool. what's wrong with that? we like to open stuff. that's good. competition is awesome. the liberal view, self-esteem is better. it's better to feel self-esteem without competition. that doesn't work. the highest incidence of self-esteem can be found i
the reason people like barack obama is he is cool. he beat a war hero, community activist, organizers beat a war hero four years ago. how does that happen? because he was cool. it was cool to vote for him. the culture embraces fake coolness over real achievement. kids would rather play astronaut than be one. more interesting in being famous than being an actor and actually doing something. there is a real where big bright spot to president barack obama being re-elected. it's like tearing off of...
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it did represent fictionally what barack obama represented factually. the best of what america could be. having only emancipated slaves 100 and something years before could put as its chief executive of black man. it was better drama. >> it was a very deliberate choice. it was a story telling choice. >> it was a more interesting choice. >> trying to create stakes. the assassination would be a national catastrophe. the first african american with a chance for the white house. that is where the choice came from. >> last question. yes? >> [inaudible] i want to circle back about what you said about the saudi ambassador. you've already discussed with you think about. what control does you have over the show's going there and being translated, and maybe not the dialogue that you intended? how does that work? according to him, this is a huge influence in how we are viewed. >> it is a distribution -- what control do we have in terms of distribution? >> [inaudible] >> she is asking an artistic question. >> i sent fox has some monitoring. >> that is not the quest
it did represent fictionally what barack obama represented factually. the best of what america could be. having only emancipated slaves 100 and something years before could put as its chief executive of black man. it was better drama. >> it was a very deliberate choice. it was a story telling choice. >> it was a more interesting choice. >> trying to create stakes. the assassination would be a national catastrophe. the first african american with a chance for the white house....
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and yes so we can barack obama's pledge to shut down guantanamo bay still rings hollow but one hundred sixty people still held in the notorious center without charge or trial. years. but the week's top headlines on our this is the weekly with me rory suchet live in moscow thank you for joining us. at least twenty nine police officers were injured . as violent clashes and northern ireland reach into a six week rest was triggered by the belfast city council's decision to fly the union flag above city hall for only eighteen days a year the latest clashes broke out after about a thousand. worth by locals and. the police were forced. to disperse the. protests right. creational. some people are calling it. is working with. the tensions. are in terms of. the playstation. homeowner and pays to get off their back ses peter robinson these doorknobs only not when he was the one that had to start. their day forty thousand they floods for us to come out on the street to protest against their land a nice scent on his back save maybe take all the flak he's called was rubbish and skull mannering out y
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and yes we can't barack obama's pledge to shut down guantanamo bay still rings hollow with more than one hundred sixty people held at the notorious center without charge or trial this now eleven years after it opened. but within weeks the top headlines here and this is the weekly with me rory sue show you moscow it's good to have you with us today. at least twenty nine police officers were injured on saturday in belfast as violent loyalist clashes in northern ireland reach now into a sixth week of the rest was triggered by the belfast city council's decision to fly the union flag above city hall for only eighteen days a year the latest clashes broke out after about a thousand unionists marching on city hall were attacked by locals in a catholic area police were forced to use water cannons and plastic bullets to disperse the angry mob artie's sarah ferguson following the protests at the same. classes breaking out once again on the streets of belfast you can see the police say just trying to push back the crowds a great. number of police rather sadly fights like this becoming all too c
and yes we can't barack obama's pledge to shut down guantanamo bay still rings hollow with more than one hundred sixty people held at the notorious center without charge or trial this now eleven years after it opened. but within weeks the top headlines here and this is the weekly with me rory sue show you moscow it's good to have you with us today. at least twenty nine police officers were injured on saturday in belfast as violent loyalist clashes in northern ireland reach now into a sixth week...
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for barack obama hits the afghanistan. for his kind about how would karzai there was gratitude looking forward to taking care of the country themselves the two have been meeting in washington this hour to thresh it was perceived to be the final stage before american combat troops leave and only a support contingent remains as cohort said at this news conference that's happening as i speak it phyllis bennis is on the launch director of the new internationalism project institute for policy studies on the line from the u.s. capitol i for listening to you both president said that ensuring the security of the country will fully lie in the hands of the afghan forces starting this spring to really think cobbles ready for. you know i think it's quite clear that afghanistan is going to remain a very unstable and dangerous place for its people for a long time to come the u.s. years of occupation as happened during the soviet occupation have thoroughly destabilize the country there is a great deal of violence it's going to be a very
for barack obama hits the afghanistan. for his kind about how would karzai there was gratitude looking forward to taking care of the country themselves the two have been meeting in washington this hour to thresh it was perceived to be the final stage before american combat troops leave and only a support contingent remains as cohort said at this news conference that's happening as i speak it phyllis bennis is on the launch director of the new internationalism project institute for policy...
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this is what the obama administration does. remember when president obama, i think he was president at the time. he may have been running -- i think he was president at the time, early in the administration saying if you want to be a coal company or a new coal-fired power plant we will necessarily bankrupt you. steven chu says we have to brainwash the people to understand. we need to be like europe where $8 and $10 will change how you change your driving habits here. same mentality. let's brainwash people who don't agree with the administration stands for. what they stand for is liberal progressive clauses, which include increased gun laws. but i will qualify this, bob. i think biden and obama are doing the right thing by hearing all the sides right now. if they say we need "x," "y," zsthat brings on the second amendment we'll have the discussion. >> bob: selective editing of eric holder. he said trying to change the attitude about guns. >> eric: brainwash. his word. brainwash? >> bob: connected it to smoking. try to convince y
this is what the obama administration does. remember when president obama, i think he was president at the time. he may have been running -- i think he was president at the time, early in the administration saying if you want to be a coal company or a new coal-fired power plant we will necessarily bankrupt you. steven chu says we have to brainwash the people to understand. we need to be like europe where $8 and $10 will change how you change your driving habits here. same mentality. let's...
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you must be pretty happy that president obama reacted so quickly. >> i am. i feel so empowered. >> i mean, a big day for every, you know, every gay american. a big day for every american in many ways. whatever the reaction you had to it. how did you feel when you heard the news? >> it is a little bittersweet. i'm in north carolina and as a north carolinian, i was really disappointed with the way the amendment initiative vote went yesterday here in north carolina. but it's very promising to hear president obama finally come up and speak out on something that's so important. and i think the ground swell, the energy that was behind a lot of the activists and the people who were important in the vote here yesterday in north carolina, that energy made its way to washington and president obama realized that this was a time to speak up and to speak out on the freedom for everyone to marry. >> do you think homosexuality is a sin? >> i think that it's -- it's unnatural. i think that it's detrimental and destructive to so many foundations of civilization. >> what do y
you must be pretty happy that president obama reacted so quickly. >> i am. i feel so empowered. >> i mean, a big day for every, you know, every gay american. a big day for every american in many ways. whatever the reaction you had to it. how did you feel when you heard the news? >> it is a little bittersweet. i'm in north carolina and as a north carolinian, i was really disappointed with the way the amendment initiative vote went yesterday here in north carolina. but it's very...
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president barack obama has put forward his current counterterrorism adviser john brennan as the new head of the cia he's also announced maverick conservative chuck hagel as his choice for defense secretary the nominations need to pass through the senate it's where they're likely to run into strong opposition from the republican party vietnam veteran haydel was against war in afghanistan and iraq and has a history of breaking with his conservative colleagues. well if approved one of the biggest tasks the two men will face is afghanistan of course and with the u.s. now saying it will complete its withdrawal in twenty fourteen forty speaks to jere van dyk about why it's going and what it's managed to achieve that's coming up after this break. it's. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for like you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom hartman welcome to the big picture. government no longer represents the beam. the people are going to take the term
president barack obama has put forward his current counterterrorism adviser john brennan as the new head of the cia he's also announced maverick conservative chuck hagel as his choice for defense secretary the nominations need to pass through the senate it's where they're likely to run into strong opposition from the republican party vietnam veteran haydel was against war in afghanistan and iraq and has a history of breaking with his conservative colleagues. well if approved one of the biggest...
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obama is reflecting his view that he wants to do something about his legacy u.s. is still facing huge reforms needed in particularly in the health care costs where health costs over the next ten years will double in percent of the g.d.p. so there's still a lot to be done and i think appointing a somewhat more political person to the choices second chair will also indicate that obama means business is terrific doing this and in terms of ways to tackle the debt then there's been talk of a one trillion dollar platinum coin to be minted as a way to resolve the over sixteen trillion dollar debt do you see this is feasible is it crazy is it is a good idea how do you see this. theoretically is a very good idea isn't it if you have too much state you can just mend some coins and you're out of your trouble of course i think clearly this is just the media and something which is playing really well on the internet and it's a funny story to report on but think about the consequences here that printing putting one trillion coin into the fed to reserve banking as the real asset
obama is reflecting his view that he wants to do something about his legacy u.s. is still facing huge reforms needed in particularly in the health care costs where health costs over the next ten years will double in percent of the g.d.p. so there's still a lot to be done and i think appointing a somewhat more political person to the choices second chair will also indicate that obama means business is terrific doing this and in terms of ways to tackle the debt then there's been talk of a one...
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bush to barack obama. also reporting on the war zones afghanistan, kosovo, chechnya and a panel was based in moscow for four years during putin's ascent to power. we will go now to rahm from steubenville ohio on the independent line. good morning. >> caller: good morning, gentlemen i'm just curious, do you feel that the united states and the west as a whole has a misunderstanding of history and a sense of history as far as people conflict and the tribal conflict in that region? second, is there any attempt to point out to the muslim tribes and nations that we did go into bosnia to defend muslims? >> host: mr. gordon? >> caller: the caller makes a number of interesting points. one, you know there is -- i mean i'm a journalist. i'm not an advocate for the american government. but there is a criticism that the united states by these military operations and these different countries somehow press muslims. but if you look at the record in the bosnian conflict in the 90's, basically the united states led a nato
bush to barack obama. also reporting on the war zones afghanistan, kosovo, chechnya and a panel was based in moscow for four years during putin's ascent to power. we will go now to rahm from steubenville ohio on the independent line. good morning. >> caller: good morning, gentlemen i'm just curious, do you feel that the united states and the west as a whole has a misunderstanding of history and a sense of history as far as people conflict and the tribal conflict in that region? second, is...
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a lot of us thought from barack obama would be may have like bill clinton. once he lost big in the first off election year, 2010, he would come to the center. he didn't do that. and so now you see our house conference. i was just there yesterday. they are more focused than ever to engage in this fight, whether it's going to be during the debt limit debate that will come in two months or we have a c. o. debate, which the government is only funded through the end of march this year. so to fund the government for the rest of the year we will have another opportunity for a spending fight. but you have people that are now ready to engage in a way like never before to make sure we reform spending and save the country. >> we mentioned one of the things you did sponsor was a piece of legislation that says you will freeze the pay for members of congress. a lot of people would say bravo. if you don't reduce the deficit, maybe there ought to be a reduction in pay. everyone knew in washington you had this deadline and nobody seemed to get serious about it until about mi
a lot of us thought from barack obama would be may have like bill clinton. once he lost big in the first off election year, 2010, he would come to the center. he didn't do that. and so now you see our house conference. i was just there yesterday. they are more focused than ever to engage in this fight, whether it's going to be during the debt limit debate that will come in two months or we have a c. o. debate, which the government is only funded through the end of march this year. so to fund...
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obama doesn't seem to care. he has borrowed more money than every president combined up until bush the younger's first year in office. think about that. think about that. one president borrowing more than 43 presidents combined. next up, after gun control is borrowing even more money. next month, congress will be asked again to raise the debt ceiling. most republicans will oppose that acting for definite spending cuts before more borrowing. does the president care? >> the only viable option here is congress to fulfill -- that congress fulfills its responsibility and ensures that the united states of america pays its bills as it has always paid its bills through the its history. >> bill: just shut up and pay. all right? don't be asking for anything, just pay. it's mr. obama's way or the highway. again, he could use an executive order to ignore the debt ceiling and i will not be surprised if he does. so, what we have here is not a failure to communicate as they once said in the movie cool hand lou. but a president
obama doesn't seem to care. he has borrowed more money than every president combined up until bush the younger's first year in office. think about that. think about that. one president borrowing more than 43 presidents combined. next up, after gun control is borrowing even more money. next month, congress will be asked again to raise the debt ceiling. most republicans will oppose that acting for definite spending cuts before more borrowing. does the president care? >> the only viable...
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this is part of what could be the most crucial moment in the obama administration. perhaps the most important legislation they'll ever propose. because gun laws do work. studies have shown firearm deaths are significantly lower in states with stricter gun legislation. this map shows the ten states with the strongest gun laws and the ten with the lowest gun death rates. the correlation the seven states in green is strong. banning assault weapons, requiring trigger locks, and mandating safe storage works. the nra would like you to believe no legislation woot help. no one obvious law could have stopped adam lanza but we can make our world safer. public policy is meant to be aspir rational, to try to make the world better. the white house knows it just as it knows the right has gone far extreme on this, so far into second amendment absolutism, if it's not any weapon anywhere they will lead you down the
this is part of what could be the most crucial moment in the obama administration. perhaps the most important legislation they'll ever propose. because gun laws do work. studies have shown firearm deaths are significantly lower in states with stricter gun legislation. this map shows the ten states with the strongest gun laws and the ten with the lowest gun death rates. the correlation the seven states in green is strong. banning assault weapons, requiring trigger locks, and mandating safe...
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of the strongest advocates of drawn attacks as obama's counterterrorism chief. now more from the pakistani capital islamabad. >> the pakistani establishment have said the drone strikes are counterproductive because there is collateral damage. that collateral damage has now been established by the bureau of investigative journalism and the stanford report. so there is considerable criticism about the legality of those strikes. john brenan had already said there was no collateral damage in the drone strikes, something that is documented. the pakistanis are warning that it will jeopardize their own counterinsurgency strategies in the tribal areas. peace talks to stop the fighting in the central african republic have been delayed until the end of the week. meanwhile, thousands of people have fled the capital because they are afraid the talks will fail. andrew simmons has this report. >> motorcade for a president under threat. he return from talks with his counterpart as rebels and mediators are headed to gabon. they left behind a country teetering on the brink of mo
of the strongest advocates of drawn attacks as obama's counterterrorism chief. now more from the pakistani capital islamabad. >> the pakistani establishment have said the drone strikes are counterproductive because there is collateral damage. that collateral damage has now been established by the bureau of investigative journalism and the stanford report. so there is considerable criticism about the legality of those strikes. john brenan had already said there was no collateral damage in...
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. >> president barack obama, commander in chief of the united states of america. greatest nation ever. so i figured "we fight" was a good statement. you know, barack obama being half black, the battle he had to fight to get just where he's at, i figured it was a bold statement. >> while siverly might respect obama's battles, he is firm and he won't help black inmates in wabash with theirs. >> i'm not racist, but then again, i know where the lines are in here. so i know that if something goes down, just because i'm not racist doesn't mean if there's a race riot that they're not going to stab me, too. i'm not going to arm a black so that a race riot can pop off at any time and all the blacks in the dorms got a knife and, you know, one or two white people's got a knife, so i'm on the losing end. eventually one of them's going to get to me. so i don't want to arm anybody that's going to potentially come back and use it on me, at all. >>> coming up -- >> they all think they're "gq" material. >> inmate picture day at wabash. >> your feet can't be on the wall. >> feet ca
. >> president barack obama, commander in chief of the united states of america. greatest nation ever. so i figured "we fight" was a good statement. you know, barack obama being half black, the battle he had to fight to get just where he's at, i figured it was a bold statement. >> while siverly might respect obama's battles, he is firm and he won't help black inmates in wabash with theirs. >> i'm not racist, but then again, i know where the lines are in here. so i...
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release come from yemen the yemeni government would like them back however in twenty ten president obama a place a moratorium on the return of prisoners to yemen and so they haven't been able to return one of the examples of the despair faced by the yemeni prisoners was a series of poems and letters written by for harm that none of the letty who was a yemeni prisoner who died at one time or base a special circumstances in september last year. washington often lectures other countries about civil liberties and democracy so how credible does the u.s. stance look when indefinite detention and good mall remain prevalent. well the problem is it's not just washington's problem it's the problem of the international community is the problem of the countries that facilitated the journeys and the travel of these men to guantanamo bay in the first place not everybody was in afghanistan or pakistan or fighting the americans at all it's also the countries that are not taking about their own nationals for example there's two kuwaitis still in guantanamo bay even though the rest have been released ther
release come from yemen the yemeni government would like them back however in twenty ten president obama a place a moratorium on the return of prisoners to yemen and so they haven't been able to return one of the examples of the despair faced by the yemeni prisoners was a series of poems and letters written by for harm that none of the letty who was a yemeni prisoner who died at one time or base a special circumstances in september last year. washington often lectures other countries about...
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prison which remains open despite barack obama's long running pledge to shut it down. whether you die from high or to the depths. catch the power of the wind or drift in the beauty of the currents. the well prepared is a must and if you're lucky. you'll never forget your experience we only need a screen that's going to be heaven. see. below the ice on our team. a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today on brewery sushi in moscow one of the world's most notorious detention facilities mark its eleven front of us are in this week with more than one hundred sixty people still being held there without charge or trial the closure of guantanamo bay is a promise that barack obama has so far failed to keep what small calls to stop indefinite detention have largely died down in the us even torture is perhaps gaining acceptability as ati's gun h.-a can explain. president obama's call to look forward not backward has resulted in attempts to sweep the past under the rug including some of his own promises i intend to close guantanamo and i will follow through on that colonel
prison which remains open despite barack obama's long running pledge to shut it down. whether you die from high or to the depths. catch the power of the wind or drift in the beauty of the currents. the well prepared is a must and if you're lucky. you'll never forget your experience we only need a screen that's going to be heaven. see. below the ice on our team. a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today on brewery sushi in moscow one of the world's most notorious detention facilities...
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. >>> dos hispanos serán protagonistas en la toma de posesión que ya viene del presidente barack obama ♪. ♪. >>> en venezuela los poderes legislativo y judicial, este u lto a través de la corte suprema de justicia acordaron que el presidente hugo chávez no tiene que tomar juramento, es decir chávez no está en venezuela no juramenta mañana pero seguirá siendo el presidente. >>> no es necesaria la toma de posesión en relación al presidente hugo chávez frías, en virtud de no haber interrupc. >>> en el ejercicio del cargo. >>> el vicepresidente de venezuela, nicolás maduro dijo que mañana al mediodía habrá un gran acto en honor al presidente. >>> precisamente después que el vicepresidente de venezuela, nicolás maduro hicidra un llamado para atacar a los que ocupan las redes sociales, un hombre fue acusado de isntigar al terrorismo, univisión lo encontró y conversamos con él, puede ver la entrevista en univisionnoticias.com >>> el presidente de méxico enrique peña nieto promulgó la ley general de víctimas en una ceremonia en la residencia e los pinos, enrique peñ
. >>> dos hispanos serán protagonistas en la toma de posesión que ya viene del presidente barack obama ♪. ♪. >>> en venezuela los poderes legislativo y judicial, este u lto a través de la corte suprema de justicia acordaron que el presidente hugo chávez no tiene que tomar juramento, es decir chávez no está en venezuela no juramenta mañana pero seguirá siendo el presidente. >>> no es necesaria la toma de posesión en relación al presidente hugo chávez...